In his best-selling 2011 book entitled “Thinking Fast and Slow”, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman elucidates the contrast between two modes of human thought-processing: fast and slow thinking.1 Fast thinking is characterized by rapid and automatic reaction to a simulation or problem, while slow thinking involves a measured and analytical response. This dichotomy epitomises the clash between clinicians and basic scientists on the enigma of anaesthetic neurotoxicity.2 Based on their clinical practise that anaesthetics do not overtly produce neurocognitive deficits, the clinician’s viewpoint relies on instinct and experience, while the scientist’s viewpoint is based on a deliberate analysis of experimental data and its logical extrapolation to the clinical setting.
Recent Posts
- 2024 Annual Meeting, presented by the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA), May 17-19, 2024, Seattle, WA
- Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Pediatric Anesthesiology 2024, April 12-14, 2024, Anaheim, CA
- Duration of Fetoscopic Spina Bifida Repair Does Not Affect the Central Nervous System in Fetal Lambs.
- Melatonin attenuates sevoflurane-induced hippocampal damage and cognitive deficits in neonatal mice by suppressing CypD in parvalbumin neurons.
- Engeletin Ameliorates Sevoflurane-Induced Cognitive Impairment by Activating PPAR-Gamma in Neonatal Mice.